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Google Looking for Software Engineering Manager, Google Translate at Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Full Time
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 12 years of experience in distributed software development.
- 5 years of experience leading software products involving programming languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin).
- 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role overseeing projects, with 2 years of experience in a people management, supervision/team leadership role.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 3 years of experience in developing Android applications.
- 3 years of experience working in a changing organization.
- Ability to recruit and mentor new developers on the platform.
About the job
Like Google’s own ambitions, the work of a Software Engineer (SWE) goes way beyond just Search. SWE Managers have not only the technical expertise to take on and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also manage a team of engineers. You not only optimize your own code but make sure engineers are able to optimize theirs. As a SWE Manager you manage your project goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team. SWE teams work all across the company, in areas such as information retrieval, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, distributed computing, large-scale system design, networking, security, data compression, user interface design; the list goes on and is growing every day. Operating with scale and speed, our exceptional software engineers are just getting started — and as a manager, you guide the way.
As a Software Engineering Manager, you will build and lead a new engineering team to take over full responsibility for the Google Translate App for Android. You will expand the usefulness of the app and grow its adoption by adding new translation features, with particular attention to the needs of emerging markets and low resource language users. You will have full ownership of the Android client code, and will partner with the rest of the Translate team on the development of core translation capabilities.You will also partner with other teams at Google that want to develop Android-specific translation capabilities.
In Google Search, we’re reimagining what it means to search for information – any way and anywhere. To do that, we need to solve complex engineering challenges and expand our infrastructure, while maintaining a universally accessible and useful experience that people around the world rely on. In joining the Search team, you’ll have an opportunity to make an impact on billions of people globally.
Responsibilities
- Set and communicate team priorities that support the broader organization’s goals. Align strategy, processes, and decision-making across teams.
- Set clear expectations with individuals based on their level and role, and align to the broader organization’s goals. Meet regularly with individuals to discuss performance and development, and provide feedback and coaching.
- Develop the mid-term technical roadmap within the scope of the team. Evolve the roadmap to meet anticipated future requirements and infrastructure needs.
- Design, guide, and vet systems designs within the scope of the broader area, and write product or system development code to solve problems.
- Review code developed by other engineers and provide feedback to ensure best practices (e.g., style guidelines, checking code in, accuracy, testability, and efficiency).
